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U.S. grain groups testify at NAFTA hearings
29-Jun-2017 Food Business News
US Grains Council outlined improvements suggestions for the agreement, including elements drawn from the TPP text as well as updated sanitary and phytosanitary, biotechnology synchronization and energy provisions.
Trump is trying to make NAFTA even worse. It’s time to throw sand in the gears
29-Jun-2017 In These Times
While the people who gathered in Mexico City have long opposed NAFTA for its pro-corporate bent, a consensus emerged that President Trump and his team are cooking up something even worse.
Guatemala off the hook in CAFTA labor case
28-Jun-2017 Politico
The U.S., for the most part, lost its first challenge of another country’s adherence to the labor rules under a trade deal.
As NAFTA hearings open, more than 100,000 petitions delivered and 50,000 public comments filed demanding a new deal to benefit working people, not just corporations
27-Jun-2017 Public Citizen
Unprecedented public response to administration request for comment spotlights political stakes of NAFTA renegotiation.
US Brazilian beef ban casts doubt on Mercusor trade agreement
27-Jun-2017 Farmers Weekly
A move by the US Department of Agriculture to ban imports of fresh Brazilian beef has added weight to calls to remove agriculture from a free trade agreement between the EU and countries in the Mercosur trading-bloc.
India, US and a five-point plan
26-Jun-2017 The Indian Express
Modi and Trump must build on convergence between their nations’ interests.
Chevron Corp. wins court battle against Ecuadorian villagers
23-Jun-2017 Newburgh Gazette
Chevron is victorious after the Supreme Court declined to hear a case made against the company by a NY lawyer representing Ecuadorian villagers.
U.S. seeks concessions from Japan in beef trade
23-Jun-2017 Japan News
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer urged Japan to make unilateral concessions to the United States in such areas as beef trade.
US and UK to start trade talks next month to ensure deal soon after Brexit
21-Jun-2017 The Telegraph
Trade talks with the US will kick off next month as British officials start to scope out plans for a deal, with the aim of setting up a free trade agreement as soon as possible after Brexit.
US in trade talks with Asian nations to replace TPP, commerce secretary says
20-Jun-2017 South China Morning Post
The new trade discussions target multiple countries in Asia, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told reporters at the 2017 SelectUSA investment summit
E-commerce, border technology top NAFTA wish list
19-Jun-2017 Fleet Owner
U.S. flooded wth comments ahead of renegotiation of trade deal.
Trade agreements a good deal for US feed grains
19-Jun-2017 High Plains / Midwest Ag Journal
Trade equals huge success for exports of U.S. feed grains in all forms, particularly to the 20 countries with which the United States has a free trade agreement.
After AGOA: SA must prepare for two-way free trade agreements with US
19-Jun-2017 Daily Maverick
The Trump Administration has signalled its impatience to replace the AGOA preferential trade deal with Africa with normal two-way free trade agreements.
Ross: African countries face ‘critical question’
16-Jun-2017 Politico
US Commerce Secretary delivered a tough message to African countries, urging them to strike bilateral trade deals with the United States and warning that the Trump administration would closely monitor their compliance with eligibility rules under the African Growth and Opportunity Act
Trump’s agricultural trade policy with China: trade-offs or trade disputes?
15-Jun-2017 IATP
Biotech companies will join Cargill and Tyson as the main beneficiaries of U.S.-China agricultural trade policy.
Chamber of Commerce calls for stronger IP under NAFTA
15-Jun-2017 World Intellectual Property Preview
The US Chamber of Commerce, a federation representing more than three million businesses, has called for stronger IP provisions in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
U.S. dairy lobby submits its demands for NAFTA
14-Jun-2017 The Globe and Mail
The dairy lobby’s 15-page letter had two main requests regarding Canada: a reversal of new rules on ultrafiltered milk products and increased access to the Canadian market that exceeds the 3.25 per cent offered in the early version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
EFF to USTR: IP doesn’t belong in NAFTA. For the rest, talk to us.
13-Jun-2017 Electronic Frontier Foundation
The United States Trade Representative has opened a window for the TPP’s proponents to try to use NAFTA to establish at least some of the dangerous TPP’s so-called intellectual property (IP) rules.
U.S., Mexico clear way for NAFTA with new deal on sugar trade
9-Jun-2017 Politico
The deal in principle could clear away at least one contentious issue between the two governments standing in the way of upcoming NAFTA talks.
NAFTA’s dirty secret: it lets U.S. control our oil: McQuaig
9-Jun-2017 Toronto Star
Mexico’s fierce defence of its sovereignty stands in sharp contrast to the easy submission to Washington’s energy demands by Canadian politicians, led by then Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.